Butterfly Get Well

I needed to make some cards this weekend for several situations.  I needed Get Well, Sympathy, Miss You and birthday.  That is quite a range.  I just purchased a butterfly set from Lawn Fawn and was excited to use it.

Butterfly Get Well Card Recipe

I started with white card stock cut at 4 x 5.25.  I ran the card stock through my die cutting machine with the butterfly dies.  Using Distress Oxide ink in Wilted Violet, Blueprint Sketch and Picked Raspberry, I sponged some watercolor card stock.  I spritzed it with water and set it aside to dry.  I stamped the white card stock with Get Well from Paper Smooches.  Then I splattered the front with a purple spitz from Tattered Angels.  And then Oliver walked on my card.  Ugh.  Not what I wanted, but what are you gonna do?  I cut down the water color card stock and placed the card front on top.  Then I put a pink mat behind that.  And that went on a card base.

Thanks for stopping by the blog today.  Tune in next time for another paper crafting or t-shirt project.  Have a great day and enjoy the journey and some chocolate.

April

Ruth 2:   1   Now Naomi had a relative on her husband’s side, a man of standing from the clan of Elimelek, whose name was Boaz. 

My Design Team Card for Creative Knockouts

I am deviating from my theme this week to share my design team card for this week for the Creative Knockouts Challenge Blog.

I used an image from The Paper Shelter called She's Charming.  I used the image that is already colored.  I pulled it into my Silhouette Studio - Designer Edition.  I traced it and put registration marks on it.  I cut out multiple images and then layered the pieces of the dress on top of the original image.  I used a sentiment from Paper Smooches.  And even though you can't really see it - I used Wink of Stella clear glitter pen to highlight the polka dots on her dress.

Thank you for stopping by the blog today.  Tune in tomorrow for another fall project.

Have a great day and enjoy the journey.

April

Psalm 91:2  I will say of the Lord, 'He is my refuge and my fortress, my God, in whom I trust.'

It's a Guy Thing

I know the theme this week is circles, but I had to share my guy card.

As I've mentioned before, I worked like a dog this weekend.  I am a computer programmer and we installed changes this weekend.  We have two big weekends a year where we install mandated changes.  We had a couple issues.  Nothing major, but it took time to fix and test them.  Two of my coworkers were real troopers and we worked all weekend long to get our issues resolved.

I said all this so you would know why I wanted to make them cards saying thank you.  The only challenge with making them cards is that they are both guys.  I have such trouble making guy cards.  I wish they liked flowers.  LOL

So here is my guy card.  I made the same card for both of them.

The stamp is by Hero Arts.  I stamped it in Versamark Ink and embossed with black embossing powder.  The sentiment is by Paper Smooches.

I asked my husband if a typewriter was girlie.  He said not if you use one.  Seriously - who uses a typewriter anymore?  And my coworkers are probably too young to even remember a typewriter.  :-)

Thanks for stopping by the blog.  Tune in tomorrow for some more circles.

Have a great day and where ever you are - be there.

April

Deuteronomy 7:9  Know therefore that the Lord your God is God:  he is the faithful God, keeping his covenant of love to a thousand generations of those who love him and keep his commandments